Chapter 389: Chapter 389 Tang Bao Toliya
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As soon as the multi-person video chat on QQ was connected, âXiao Pingguoâ heard a very crisp, slightly nervous little girlâs voice: âHello, Sister Apple! Hello, Old Fairy Sister!â
Then there was Yang Zhenâerâs somewhat frustrated âroarâ: âXiao Lingdang, itâs not old fairy! Itâs fairy! Now, repeat after me, Xiyianxian, NieyĂŒnu, Fairy Sister!â
The little girl on the other end was quiet for two seconds, then she recited a bit timidly: âFairy SisterâŠâ
Hearing their cheerful voices, âXiao Pingguoâ also smiled slightly, happily saying hello: âHello, Xiao Lingdang.â
âEh, Sister Apple, the bird on your shoulder is alive!â Liu Shiling suddenly noticed that the canary on âXiao Pingguoâsâ shoulder moved a little, and excitedly asked: âIs it your pet?â
âGolden Flashâ seemed to know they were talking about it, cocked its head, and tweeted twice.
âXiao Pingguoâ lightly tapped âGolden Flashâsâ head with her index finger, then smiled and said: âItâs my pet, my friend, my guide bird. I need it to guide me when I go out. Its name is âGolden Flashâ⊠By the way, I hear from Sister Zhenâer that you used to live next door to Uncle Xiang, right? âGolden Flashâ was originally raised by him.â
âGolden Flash? Is that a âbling-blingâ Golden Flash? What a lovely name!â Liu Shiling said, suddenly picking up âCustard Pieâ, which was already laying at the edge of the table, and holding it up to the camera, happily saying: âI have a pet, too. Itâs a big kitty named âCustard Pieâ!â
As she was speaking, Liu Shiling suddenly remembered, before the three of them started the video chat, Ms. Fairy sister told her about Sister Appleâs situation and the fact that Sister Apple is blind.
So she added: ââCustard Pieâ and âGolden Flashâ look alike!â
âXiao Pingguo,â who had been smiling, was dumbfounded by this remark. She learned about cats mostly from books and also from feeling the face of a friendâs pet cat when she was in a blindness school. Now she was kind of wondering how a cat that looked like a canary would look like.â
Cats have round and large faces, soft fur, and comfortable touch. They also have nice voices. She also occasionally heard the cries of wildcats when she listened to bird songs in the park next to the community.
But⊠what does a cat look like if it looks like a canary? She realized she couldnât imagine it.
Fortunately, Yang Zhenâer exclaimed: âWow! Xiao Lingdang, you have a cat too?! What kind of cat is it? Hold it farther away for me to see. Is it an English Shorthair? Golden shaded shade? My, itâs so chubby, so cute, I want to hug it! When you say it looks like âGolden Flash,â youâre talking about the color, right?â
Liu Shiling nodded repeatedly: âYes, yes, yes, both Custard Pie and Golden Flash are yellow. Golden Flash is a beautiful shade of yellow, while Custard Pie is an earthy yellowâŠâ
âGolden Flash,â perched on âXiao Pingguoâsâ shoulder, suddenly started tweeting frantically at the screen, and âCustard Pie,â held by Liu Shiling, made a series of strange, bird-like noises after hearing it.
âGolden Flashâ was calling even more fiercely, but âCustard Pieâ no longer imitated the bird sound, but gave out a lower growl, even reaching out its paw to hit the IPAD screen.
Liu Shiling quickly held Custard Pie firmly, pressing her chin on the kittyâs head: ââCustard Pieâ must behave, or I wonât let you play!â
âXiao Pingguoâ also lightly tapped âGolden Flashâsâ head with her finger: âDonât shout, or thereâs no extra meal for you tonight!â
Seeing that both the cat and the bird were immediately disciplined by their owners and became âobedientâ and âcalm,â Yang Zhenâer looked around her own side and suddenly felt that the spacious living room was a bit chilly.
So she got up and went into the bedroom, looked at the glass cabinet where Tang Baonaâs various figurines, merchandise, and wood carvings were displayed, and brought out the saber wood carving given to Tang Baona as a birthday present by Xiang Kun. She carefully placed it in front of the camera.
âLet me introduce you, this is my pet, my partner, Tang Bao Toliya!â Yang Zhenâer said, and also described the appearance of the wood carving for âXiao Pingguo.â
Liu Shiling couldnât help but say, âOld Fairy Sister, this is the beautiful sisterâs wood carving. She showed it to me before.â
âI am Ms. Fairy!â Yang Zhenâer corrected, then added, âWhat she showed you were saber woodcarvings, whereas I showed you Tangbao Toliya. Theyâre not the same at all!â
âOh.â Liu Shiling didnât argue.
Then, the trio began discussing which childrenâs song they wanted to learn. Initially, this was a âweekend assignmentâ given by the kindergarten for parents and their children to complete together. But since Shilingâs Mom had gone out, and Liu Shiling was home alone playing with her cat and drawing, Yang Zhenâer, who was also bored at home, decided, during her video call with Little Fatty Girl, to teach her a childrenâs song. After realizing it wasnât going well, she called for reinforcement from âSister Appleâ.
Ever since âSister Appleâ met Tang Baona through Xiang Kunâs introduction, she often sings with her, recording audio and making videos to post online. This sparked her own interest in music and unleashed her musical talent.
So even though she doesnât usually listen to or sing childrenâs songs, she quickly found a suitable song for âXiao Lingdangâ. Itâs the popular âLearning Catâs Meowâ, reputed as a brainwash song among kindergartens, integrating elements of ethnic style. Liu Shiling has never learned this song in her current kindergarten.
They practiced the song until dinner time when Shilingâs mom returned home and they stopped. Although Liu Shiling hadnât learned the song in her kindergarten, she had heard it many times. Sister Apple taught it very well, and she learned quickly. Under the guidance of Sister Apple, she was already able to sing the whole song smoothly.
Their song-learning process was very joyful. Even Yang Zhenâer, who was just serving as a bystander, felt very happy. Hence, in saying goodbye to Liu Shiling, she inadvertently called her âOld Fairy Sisterâ. It wasnât until after she exited the chatting screen that she realized her mistake. She slapped her forehead and murmured to Tang Bao Toliya, âWas this kid doing it on purpose?â
After closing the video, Liu Shiling ran to the kitchen to perform the song she had learned before her mother who had just come home and was preparing dinner.
Though she had forgotten one-third of the lyrics and replaced it with âmeow, meowâ, the song sounded quite fluent overall. Coupled with the pie called âCustard Pieâ, who lay beside her keeping its head raised and meowed in intervals, Shilingâs mom couldnât help laughing while cooking and praised her daughterâs performance.
Having received praise from her mom, Liu Shiling contentedly returned to her room with âCustard Pieâ.
She began to wonder about Sister Apple who had taught her the song.
Before the video call, when she heard that Sister Apple couldnât see, she initially felt sorry for her. But the moment she saw Sister Apple in the video, her pity turned into another feeling.
For some reason, Liu Shiling has a fondness for Sister Apple and wants to get close to her and play with her.
Even the bird on her shoulder named âSparkly Goldâ looks cute and adorable to her.
When Shiling said that âCustard Pieâ and âSparkly Goldâ were similar, it was not just about the color but more about a feeling. But when asked to explain in detail, she couldnât articulate it.
Moreover, in her opinion, Sister Apple is not pitiful at all, but instead, possesses an impressive aura.
When they were learning the song, she didnât think much about it. But now back in her room waiting for dinner, playing with âChocolateâ and âIce Creamâ, the more she thinks about it, the stranger it feels.
Then she remembered what Sister Apple had said, that âSparkly Goldâ originally belonged to Uncle Bald. So she naturally attributed this strange feeling to Uncle Bald.
She speculated that perhaps Sister Apple is like the Roast Chicken Wing Sister, a person who âcan do magicâ or an âinsiderâ.
Thinking like this, Liu Shiling became more and more convinced.
Thatâs right! It must be so!
So she guessed that maybe Sister Apple canât see because the magic she practices is different, so Uncle Bald sealed her vision. When she regains her vision, it would mean that her super magic is completed. By then, Sister Apple probably would become very, very powerful.
Considering this, I need to work hard too. I canât lag too far behind Roast Chicken Wing Sister and Sister Apple â a certain âsuper powerful & super cute Great Wizardâ was worrying in her heart.
Liu Shiling, who was controlling two coins spinning and hopping in her hand, suddenly had an impulse. She ran into the living room in her slippers, looked at a cardboard box on the shoe cabinet, and after some thought, picked it up, then went to the kitchen door and asked, âMom, whatâs in this box?â
Shilingâs mom, who was cooking dinner, took a look and stunned for a moment, then laughed, âI almost forgot, this is a delivery I just got. Itâs a gift from your Uncle Bald. I think itâs a coin bank. Ah, remember to video call and thank your Uncle ⊠um, thank Uncle Xiang.â
The moment she finished speaking, she saw her daughter had already scurried back to her room with the delivery box. She couldnât help but chuckle and shake her head before returning to her cooking.
Back in her room, Liu Shiling opened the box and indeed found a delightful round rascal rabbit coin bank. However, she wasnât interested in the coin bank, but the crumpled newspapers inside the box.
Liu Shiling took out the clump of newspaper and spread it open. Seeing the three one-yuan coins lying on the inside, she revealed a joyous smile.
Earlier when she was in her room, she had a vague feeling. Now seeing these coins, she was delighted. Uncle Bald followed through, giving her more âmagic coinsâ.
Liu Shiling held the coins in her hand, trying to make them levitate as she did with âchocolateâ and âice creamâ, but the coins did not move.
Liu Shiling wasnât surprised. She naturally believed that the magic of these three new âmagic coinsâ had not yet been tamed and refined by her.
âCustard Pieâ also hopped up onto the table, sticking its nose to the pile of coins, sniffing them.
The three coins in Liu Shilingâs hands suddenly shook, terrifying âCustard Pieâ to the point it sprung out, its feline face fear-stricken. It dashed under the table.
It often wrestles and tussles with the two coins controlled by Liu Shiling. The sudden appearance of reinforcements âchocolateâ and âice creamâ left it somewhat despaired.
Can it still hold up in the future?
Actually, Liu Shilingâs affection for Little Apple was reciprocated; Little Apple shared similar feelings towards Liu Shiling.
A person with normal vision would form a hypothetical image in their mind when they heard someone speak. If the speaker was someone they had met before, the image would naturally come to mind. If the speaker were someone they had not met before, they would form a vague image, connecting past experiences with the sound of the voice. For example, a coarse male voice might be imagined as a tall man, while a gentle female voice would usually be attributed to a pretty young woman.
However, for Little Apple, being blind from birth, her judgment and understanding of all things are based on listening, smelling, and touching, especially listening.
For an everyday person she meets for the first time, she can only establish the first impression in her mind through their voice from her phone speaker.
But for Liu Shiling, she didnât know why, but as soon as she heard Liu Shilingâs voice, Little Apple felt an inexplicable sense of connection, although she was certain she had never heard this person before.
It felt as if she was lightly squeezing Liu Shilingâs cheek while she spoke, a very real and specific perception, a fuller understanding more than just by hearing.
However, she knew very well that she had never touched Liu Shilingâs face, they had no physical connection. They lived in different cities, miles apart. It was a kind of perception different from the past.
Why did she have such a unique feeling for a little girl unseen before?
By the way, this feeling reminded her faintly of when she first established a connection with âOld Twinkling Starââof course, the feeling was much weaker compared to then.
She then remembered âOld Twinkling Starâsâ reaction. Being able to feel its reaction because of their special connection, she could sense that when they first connected, âOld Twinkling Starâ also felt a type of fondness when seeing Liu Shiling, just like her.
At first, she thought âCanaryâ sensed her attitude towards Liu Shiling, hence resonating the same feelings due to emotional symbiosis.
But later on, she found out it wasnât the case.
When âCanaryâ and âCustard Pieâ briefly âarguedâ across the screen, she couldnât completely decipher the catâs meow from âCustard Pieâ, but she was very clear about the meaning of âCanaryâsâ chirps.
âCanaryâ was making threats at âCustard Pieâ that seemed along the lines of âRespect! Or else Iâll beat you!â or âDonât underestimate me! Iâm quite a fighter!â
Though it appeared belligerent, there wasnât actually much hostility.
âXiao Pingguoâ had a hunch that this bird and cat separated by screens and internet cables, seemed to intentionally perform in front of her and Liu Shiling.
It seemed that âCanaryâ was also a bit eager to please Liu Shiling.
While thinking, âXiao Pingguoâ sent a WeChat voice message to Xiang Kun, asking if he was available.
However, it wasnât until after dinner, around eight oâclock, when Xiang Kun replied.
âXiao Pingguoâ called him and relayed Officer Wangâs conversation content picked up by âCanaryâ at the lake, asking, âUncle Xiang, does the creature with many arms from Officer Wangâs friendâs dream have anything to do with our âmulti-armed monsterâ?â
On the other side, in Xiang Kunâs home in Citong City, he had just completed a blood-drinking period and woke from deep sleep. He was surprised. He wasnât expecting to know about the âdream invocation reportingâ follow-up from âXiao Pingguoâ in another city for the first time.
It seemed Officer Wang had been concerned about the âmulti-armed monster hallucinationâ seen by the suspects during âXiao Pingguoâsâ case and he had been in touch with Officer Xiao Zhao from Citong, which is probably how Officer Xiao Zhao had information about the âmulti-armed monsterâ beyond the three car thieves from the Yun Gang Branch.
Xiang Kun hesitated for a moment while holding his phone, then chose to reveal part of the truth to âXiao Pingguoâ: âYes, itâs our âmulti-armed monster.â It guided the officer to discover the corpse so the victims could be buried by their families.â
After receiving this answer, âXiao Pingguoâ was quite moved, feeling an inexplicable sense of pride as if she was on the side of âjustice.â
Then, âXiao Pingguoâ detailed to Xiang Kun her increased contact with âCanary,â their exploration of this city together over this period of time, and the enhancement of her sensory abilities.
In the end, she spoke about teaching Liu Shiling to sing that afternoon, sharing her strange feelings with Xiang Kun, and curiously asked, âUncle Xiang, are you familiar with Xiao Lingdang? Does she also⊠have⊠superpowers like me?â When she mentioned her own superpowers, Xiao Pingguo felt inexplicably embarrassed.
âWell⊠You could say that. Xiao Lindang is like my younger sister just like you, so you should treat her like your younger sister. She is a very well-behaved, cute, and gifted child.â Xiang Kun replied with a smile.
He reckoned that Xiao Pingguoâs special feeling towards Liu Shiling probably came from the fact that they both were in the âSuper Sensory Item System,â sharing the same source at the endpoint of their powers.
After Xiang Kun ended his call with Xiao Pingguo, Xia Libing, who was sitting across him looking at something on her laptop, looked up at him: âDo you consider Xiao Pingguo and Xiao Lingdang as your younger sisters?â
Xiang Kun, puzzled replied: âYeah.â
Xia Libing: âBut they call you Uncle.â
Xiang Kun: